Assistant Director of Christian Education

St. Mary’s is seeking an Assistant Director of Christian Education – a dedicated church school teacher to lead a classroom weekly, and the entire team in Director’s absence.

Requirements
● Experience with teaching children in a classroom setting
● Ability to balance thorough preparation with flexibility
● Respect for youth and children, as well as respect for all staff members and congregants
● A willingness to learn
● 18+ years old

Preferred
● Experience with Godly Play
● Musical skill

Essential Responsibilities
● Prepare and teach a lesson each week. Lesson materials will be provided.
● Engage with children and assist with caring for them through the entirety of Church
School
● Clean and sanitize surfaces in classroom weekly
● Attend meetings as assigned
● Be trained in Safe Church protocol and at least one module of Godly Play (covered by
church)
● Compliance with parish and diocesan policy
● Lead classroom as assigned.
● Lead youth and children’s ministries in Director of Christian Education’s absence.
● Reports to Director of Christian Education

Physical Demands
● Will sit on a cushion on the floor (weekly)
● Will walk up and down a flight of stairs (weekly)
● Will bend and kneel (weekly)
● May be asked to lift 30-50 lbs (on occasion)
Reasonable accommodations will be made as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Compensation
$100/week
Mentorship in directing a Church School

Time Commitment
● 9:20-11:30am each Sunday, two hours preparation per week.
● Minimum 33 Sundays between September 22 and May, up to 37. Sundays off to be
negotiated.
● Attend monthly virtual or in-person meeting. This may be a meeting of the council of
parents, the support group for parents, a meeting of the Church School helpers, or another meeting mutually agreed upon.

The person in this position may be offered the opportunity to care for children at other times during the year for additional compensation.

About St. Mary’s

Saint Mary’s is a multi-generational, family-friendly parish located near the Newton-Wellesley border in eastern Massachusetts, drawing members from surrounding communities including Weston, Sudbury, and beyond. We celebrate traditional Episcopal services in a relaxed atmosphere, complemented by strong music and youth Christian education programs. We also emphasize outreach to worthy causes our members feel strongly about, with initiatives in the local community as well as nationally and internationally.

Our church building and adjacent graveyard are over two hundred years old – we celebrated our 200th anniversary in 2013 – and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Its physical beauty adds to our worship experience and our sense of community. More importantly, it reminds us that we are part of a heritage that goes back over two hundred years, and of a larger community that goes back nearly two thousand years.

We invite you to explore this site, as well as to visit our church, meet our people and learn more about our community.